【转帖】are mil specifications out of date

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are mil specifications out of date?
does anyone use mil specficiations anymore?
thanks,
mike
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we occasionally use them when no other industry standard can be found.  i try to avoid them like the plague because most vendors automatically raise their price when they see a mil spec.
mil specs are still the main source a lot of items.  even other standards will reference them.  it depends on which area you are in.  if you are using materials or documentation, i wouldn't personally callout the mil.  however, if talking about hard shell shipment cases, i might refer to them.
matt lorono
cad engineer/ecn analyst
silicon valley, ca
they are slowly being replaced mostly by asme. if you look them up
find the attached to see what i'm refering to.  i'm wondering if there would be a better specification for the printing than a mil spec.
-mike
there are replacments for these specs.
chris
solidworks/pdmworks 08 3.1
autocad 06/08
the drawing lists ansi y14.5m.  any reason that it has not been updated to the 1994 version?
as others said a lot of the mil standards are gradually being replaced or at least supplemented by other standards, primarily asme for this type of thing.
normally a google search will turn this up.
ringman is correct. clarification is needed.
also, if a silkscreen house is doing this work, i don't think they will understand the mil specs. maybe split the dwg into two, one for fab and the other for silkscreen? unless you do it all in house.
chris
solidworks/pdmworks 08 3.1
autocad 06/08
we will update the ansi spec...but this is more about the mil specs.
if i understand you guys correctly, there isn't a non-mil spec for the print yet?  this is a purchased part.
-mike
there are a couple of mil std plating specs that don't seem to have an industry equivalent, such as anodizing.